God’s Not Dead Psalm 19:1 – 4 1 Peter 3:15

God’s Not Dead “What Divides Us Is Not Science, We Are Both Committed To Science, But Our Worldviews. No One Wants To Base Their Life On A Delusion, But Which Is A Delusion? Christianity Or Atheism?” -John Lennox (Richard Dawkins Vs. John Lennox: The God Delusion Debate, UAB, 2007) “When A Man Stops Believing In God He Doesn’t Then Believe In Nothing, He Believes Anything” - Attributed To G. K. Chesterton

Is God Dead? “Is God Dead?” Cover Of Time Magazine, “God Is Dead” Friedrich Nietzsche (19 th Century German Philosopher) “Belief In God Will Disappear In A Scientifically Progressive Society” Charles Darwin “Religion Is A Drug, The Opium Of The People” Karl Marx “Religious Belief Is Wish-Fulfillment/Desire To Have Some Father-Figure In The Sky To Straighten Things Out And Talk To When We Are Lonely” Sigmund Freud In 1999, The Economist magazine Published An “Obituary For God.” “Religion Must Die” Bill Maher, Religulous (2008)

1. Essentially There Are Three Worldviews/Forms Of Religion 1.The Theistic Worldview (Psalms 19:1 – 4; Galatians 4:4; 2 Timothy 3:16, Etc.) 2.The Atheistic Worldview (Darwinian, Empirical Evidence Only, Problem Of Evil/ Suffering, Who Created God?, No Rules, Etc.) “If God Is Dead, Somebody Is Going To Have To Take His Place, That Somebody Is Usually Man. If God Is Dead, Man Is Dead” Malcolm Muggeridge. 3. The Agnostic Worldview (Acts 17:32 – 34; Matthew 6:24)

2. How We Are Reared Does Make A Difference Psalm 78:5 – 6 Ephesians 6:1 – 4 Exodus 20:12

3. God Created Us Free-Moral Agents/ People Genesis 2:16 – 17 Joshua 24:15 Matthew 7:13 – 14 Galatians 6:7 – 8

4. Not All Religions/Worldviews Are The Same Romans 1:18, 28; 2 Timothy 3:5 2 Thessalonians 2:10 – 11; 2 Peter 3:16 1 John 4:1; Matthew 22:37 – 39 “Well, If There’s Anything 9/11 Taught Us, It’s That All Religions Are Not The Same. The God That Told Those Men To Get In Airplanes And Come To This City And Hurt People Is Not The Same God That Inspired Us To Get Into Airplanes Each Week And Come Here And Help People” - Rice Broocks, Finding Faith At Ground Zero (2002)

5. The Good News Of Jesus Christ/The Impact Of Christianity 1.God Became Man In Jesus Christ 2.He Lived The Life We Should Have Lived 3.He Died The Death We Should Have Died 4.He Rose From The Dead 5.He Offers Salvation To Those Who Believe, Repent, Confess Him, Are Baptized, And Live Faithfully For Him Philippians 2:5 – 11